The incident occurred about 12:40 a.m. Wednesday at the apartment on Black Mountain Road, near Maya Linda Road.

The woman confronted the man and he fled the bedroom and out the sliding-glass balcony door, said police Lt. Chuck Kaye of the department’s Sex-Crimes Unit.

One of the woman’s two small children was in bed with her at the time, police Lt. Paul Phillips said earlier.

The intruder is described as Latino or Asian, in his mid-20s, and between 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build. He had short light-brown hair and a thin mustache. He was wearing a necklace, a white tank top, and unknown color pants or shorts. He was not wearing shoes.

Phillips said a resident in the area had called police earlier to report a suspicious man lurking behind buildings and atop a wall at the apartment complex. Officers responded and were looking for the prowler when the woman called, but she gave a wrong address that sent officers in a different direction for a short time.